USA
Waukegan, Illinois — The Archdiocese of Chicago removed Father Xamie Reyes from Little Flower Parish on October 19 following allegations of grooming and sexual misconduct involving seminarians. Cardinal Blase Cupich shared the difficult news in an October 18 letter to parishioners, writing that the archdiocese has received allegations against Father Reyes
Orthodox News
Assiut, Egypt — An 18-year-old middle-class Coptic Christian woman disappeared on June 1 after going to school, caught in what Coptic Solidarity describes as a sophisticated Islamist trafficking network using social media to groom and abduct Christian girls. A network of Muslim girls at her school in Assiut Governate had targeted
Asia
Global — Christians, particularly converts from Islam, face disproportionate vulnerability to human trafficking in countries with high levels of religious persecution, according to International Christian Concern. In the 50 countries with the highest levels of Christian persecution, forced marriages of women have increased by 16 percent. At least 90 percent of
Europe
Vatican City / Albany, New York - Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting with an organization of clergy sexual abuse survivors and advocates on Monday, October 20, 2025, agreeing to maintain permanent dialogue as they press for a universal zero-tolerance policy in the Catholic Church. The Pope met with six
Europe
Oslo, Norway - The Church of Norway formally apologized to the country's LGBTQ+ community on Thursday, October 16, 2025, for decades of discrimination and harassment. Presiding Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit delivered the apology at the London Pub in Oslo, a gay bar that was the site of a
Protestant News
United Kingdom - Churches across the UK are increasingly being seen as places of "genuine hope and care" by struggling families amid a deepening debt crisis, according to Christians Against Poverty (CAP), a UK-based charity that released its latest client report highlighting the devastating impact of the ongoing
Europe
Germany - The German Bishops' Conference has warned of a sharp increase in the frequency and severity of vandalism and desecration targeting churches across Germany, describing the trend as an "escalation" of hostility against Christian symbols. "All taboos have been broken when it comes to church
Europe
Vatican City - Pope Leo XIV proclaimed seven new saints before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, October 19, 2025, including the first saints from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea and a former Satanist who became known as an "apostle of the
Orthodox News
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - Papua New Guinea's Parliament passed a historic constitutional amendment on March 12, 2025, formally declaring the nation's Christian identity by adding an explicit invocation of the Trinity to its constitution. The amendment passed with overwhelming support, receiving 80 votes in
Catholic News
Maiduguri, Nigeria - Catherine Ibrahim, a Nigerian Christian woman, has shared her harrowing account of surviving Boko Haram atrocities that claimed her husband's life and left her separated from her children for three years, in an interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Catherine described
Orthodox News
Sign the PetitionEND GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS AND INDIGENES OF PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA.Change.org We have signed this petition and I'm urging every Christian who reads this to do the same. Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria are being systematically slaughtered. This isn't hyperbole. It's
Protestant News
Cabo Delgado, Mozambique - More than 30 Christians have been beheaded by Islamic State terrorists in Mozambique's northern provinces, according to reports from the Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) itself, which documented the atrocities in a propaganda release. The Islamic State Mozambique Province announced it destroyed at least